Type-writing machine.



L. O. MYERS. TYPE WRITING MACHINE.- APPLIOATION FILED APKM, 1909.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

WITNESSES; 5';

M v AITORNEY UNITED sTArEs PlENT OFFICE.

LEWIS C. MYERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO ROYAL TYPEWRITERCOMPANY,

' OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TYPE-WRITIIilG MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pa te nted Feb, 14 19.11,

Application filed April 24, 1909. Serial No. 492,044. I

To all whom it may concern:

citizen of the United, States 'of America, re-

siding in the borough of Brooklyn, city and The invention is applicableto machines of various types.

It comprises a laterally. adjustable readily removable gage-plateadapted to be applied to the paper table of a typewriting machine.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view showing the papertable of a Royal Standard typewriting machine (well known in the market)having applied to it two paper gages: Fig. 2, a' plan view of a papergage detached from the paper.

table: and Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are views-illustrating the mode ofattachment of the gage to the paper table- 1 indicates the paper table.The gage comprises a fiat sheet-metal body portion 2 formed with anintegral spring clip 3 at its upper or rear end and with a jaw 4 at itsfront or forward end constituting a spring or friction latch forengaging. the front or lower edge of the paper table.

Fig'. '3 indicates the manner in which the gage is initially applied tothe paper table, the spring clip portion3 being forced down over theupperedge of the table into the position shown in Fig. 4:, and then theforward edge of the gage is pressed down until the portion 4 snaps overor around the front edge of the paper table as indicated in Fig. 5. Thisaffords a sufliciently secure connec tion of the gage to the table andyet permits .of the gage being moved laterally-on the table. Atbne edgeof the body portion 4,

preferably the outermost edge, there is a turned up lip or flangeextending from the forward edge of the gage tothe rear edge.

This flangeis marked 5, 5, the part 5 being preferably of greater Widththan the ortion 5. .The, purpose of this difference 1n width is toprovide a part 6 that is bent outwardly and constitutes a convenienthandle or finger piece by which the gage may be grasped and manipulated.

In Fig. l, the paper table is shown as h av'-' ing secured to it twogages the inner faces of the flanges 5, 5' of, which. engage the edgesof a card or sheet of paper fed to the p machine. Devices of thischaracter are particularly useful 1n writing on cards or on forms ruledin vertical columns. The gages when once properly adpisted serveto prosent the cards or ruled sheets unii'onmlv to the platen with respect tothe printing-point thereon.

lclaiinz V edges of a'pa'pcr table s'o-as to ue, adjustable laterallythereon and a flange at one edge I 6'5? 1. A paper gage for atypewriting ma .chine having means at each end for engaging respectivelywith the upper and lower serving as a gage for the edgeso-f sheets fedto the machine.

2. A paper gage for a typewriting ma- 3. A paper gage for a typewritingma chineiformcd of a single piece of sheet metal having a spring clipatone end adapted 'to engage one edge of the paper table and means at itsother edge for engaging the otheredge of a paper table and a'flange atone of its side edges serving as a gage for edges of sheets fed to themachine and-haw 111g l'lllIBQlfIl therewith a lateral handle or:

finger piece by which the gage may be manipulated for adjustmentlaterally on the paper tablefand' for application to and removal fromthe latter.

chine formed of a single piece of sheet metal having aspring' clipatone'end adapted to' In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed myname. a Lewis 0. MYERS.

Witnesses:

E. B. Hess, A. J. SHERIDAN.

